Direct and regioselective c-h alkenylation of tetrahydropyrido[1,2-a] pyrimidines

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2639-2641

  Cheng, Dachen ^a   Gallagher, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; PALLADIUM; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALKENES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM; PYRIMIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67249094112     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900627q     Document Type: Article

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